WOOT! My post about one of the best New Years ever.

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So the night before ended really late. That obviously meant I would sleep in. When our whole family finally got up (slowly), we went back to my grandparent's house on my mum's side. We prayed and then had lunch. Afterwards, we took some photos and wished each other some things for the new year and got red envelopes.

Afterwards, we went to my grandfather's house on my dad's side. My cousins, aunties and uncles were all there. We did the usual traditional wishing speeches and got our envelopes. We stayed there for a while, but couldn't take our hunger any longer. We then went to my grandmother's house on my dad's side.

We had dinner. YAY! We won't die of hunger! We all sat around watching tennis. Bea was screaming her head off as usual. I was so tired from the night before, so I fell asleep while listening to music on my i-pod. It was very relaxing. Then.. when everyone got there, all the tension came. Actually, we started to watch "The Big Bang Theory", but the parents came and turned it off =='

Time for the red envelopes and "speeches". We went around the circle of parents, wishing them random things, itching to get the red envelope and look inside to see who is moderately rich and who is cheap. Oh and Bea got a $50 note by accident from our grandma. Lol. She has 5 seconds to enjoy it, while I was gagging in envy.

Now... GAMBLING! We played Black Jack and this other game where there are 6 pictures and you place your bets on whichever one you think will appear on the 3 dice. Davey and I decided to join as dealers or shakers for the "picture" game and we lost ):

And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won

After losing too much to handle, we stopped playing and moved to the Black Jack group. Let me explain. We play Black Jack with a "pig" in the middle. Every round, each player puts in 50c and we keep playing rounds until someone gets a Black Jack and they win the whole lot. At the same time, having the usual bets.

Davey and I continued our joined forces in Black Jack. Our first game, we joined in the middle of it, so we couldn't do the pig thing. And guess what? We got a Black Jack ==' So all we got was an extra $1 from our normal bet. That was the beginning of our bad luck.

Finally, we got to join the pig thing, but we never got a Black Jack again. We were known for our bad luck. Everyone started shifting their chairs away from us. Every round, they'd check our cards first, because we were bound to lose. Bea's mum then joined us because we were losing so badly. Unfortunately, it made no difference. We kept taking out more and more money. We even tried running around and touching other people's cards to give them bad luck.

And it's all a game
I know we'll stay the same
But repetition ends in failure

Yay! Lilian and her family went home, so we stole their spot, hoping for a change in luck. But, no. No difference, whatsoever. We were doomed to bad luck for the rest of the year. Everyone tried to test our luck. We stopped playing with the pig. As soon as that happened, we got a Black Jack =='

Sunday, bloody Sunday

Cuong and some friends came over and stayed for a bit. He did even better than me, Davey and our aunt put together.

Although we lost really badly all night, it was a lot of fun. We were all screaming and laughing our heads and asses off. Nothing could've ruined the time we spent with one another. It was so much fun.

It was a great start to the New Year. Afterall, I guess this wasn't such a..

bloody Sunday

Labels: Friends, Special event, the family i've learnt to love